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dontcha just love 'em?
it's been years since i've ridden (sp?) the bus and i'd forgotten the rich tapestry of human life that is bus people.
today i had a man on there with a walking stick and a beenie hat shouting out words of encouragement to the bus driver at every junction we stopped at.
plus there's the nervour bit when you see a bus person get on and everyone with a spare seat next to them begins to worry if they're gonna be sat next to.

i always feel like the person might get offended, like that they think i smell or something. Also if you dont move as soon as a free seat opens if you wait too long then the moment is gone and you just have to stay there.

some bloke ended up giving me his phone to tell his mate that "yes he really is on a bus" because he wouldn't believe him. I was met with a "are you shitting me?" from the other end. I didn't know what to say so I just gave the guy the phone back. Eventually the guy went downstairs and got the bus driver to tell him that we were on a bus stuck in traffic. I don't know why the guy on the phone was so angry and unable to believe that we were in fact on a bus!

on his phone for the whole length of the bus journey (nearly 40minutes) and the only intensifier he used was "fucking".
Maybe it was a special skill, of an experiment with thought and language, but whatever he was up to it was very annoying.

The reactions of old people when small children (pre-school age) swearing at them is hilarious.

This thread has just reminded me. Once someone was sat across from me, cutting his nails. Obviously he dropped the cuttings onto the floor. It's the combination of being utterly revolting and yet wanting to maintain his personal hygiene by cutting his nails that I can't quite understand.